Title

Otaminoakan

Creator

Ronald Chief

Subject

Anicinabe ocitowin (Arts and crafts)

Otaminwagan (Game, toy)

Famille

Chief

Description

Long rectangular wood piece, perforated in three places, where a leather strap goes through, forming two curves in which are retained two bone pieces emptied in their centre.

A game, an exercise in reflection, also used by other native people.

This type of object was also used at the Pikogan Migwan school in the Languages and cultures class for many years.

Format

Object

Étendue

Length: 33 cm ; Width: 3.5 cm

Matériaux

Wood (Mitik)

Leather (Packwekin)

Bone (Okan)

Moose (Mos)

Technique de fabrication

Cut

Knotted

Carved

Contemporanéité

Related to an endangered practice

Titre antérieur

Puzzle [Musée de la Civilisation ]
Title replaced by the Anicinabemowin term.

Access Rights

Open access

License

Protected by copyrights

Source

https://collections.mcq.org/objets/10565

Contributor

Musée de la Civilisation (sharing)

Richard Ejinagosi Kistabish (description)

Date Modified

2025-04-14

Identifier

MdlC75-1156